Just like any pocket knife or camping saw, a boot knife is super useful as a ready tool in situations where your primary implement has broken...
Clean drinking water is essential out on the trail. Since hikers need so much water to stay hydrated while they’re hiking in the backcountry and standard...
Poison ivy is one of the most proliferous weeds in North America. It comes in both eastern and western varieties and hikers in the western U.S....
Even the best hiking trails occasionally feel a little overworn after many successful traversals, especially if hikers don’t take care to add some variety to their...
Stretching for 2,168 miles from Georgia to Maine and crossing through 14 states including North Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, the Appalachian Trail is one...
Just 12-miles west of Colorado Springs in Pike National Forest sits Pikes Peak, the tallest peak of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and...
Mount Marcy is a great notch on the belt for any serious mountain hiker. With an elevation of 5,344 feet, it is the highest peak in...
Mount Bierstadt is one of the most popular mountains to climb in Colorado. It is one of the famous fourteeners group, or 14ers to locals, a...
In the middle of Texas hill country, there is a massive granite dome called Enchanted Rock. Thousands of years of history, several mythical stories, a couple...